Joris Nieuwint

Joris Nieuwint is a battlefield guide for the Operation Market Garden area. His primary focus is on the Allied operations from September 17th, 1944 onwards. Having lived in the Market Garden area for 25 years, he has been studying the events for nearly as long. He has a deep understanding of the history and a passion for sharing the stories of the men who are no longer with us.

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Articles by Joris Nieuwint:

Pippingford Park 36 Hour tactical Event

This private tactical event was organised by Pete Skillman with help from Manny Trainor and Marc Almond and was set in the wonderful East sussex…

Black Devils’ veterans, who served in World War II, die 12 hours apart in Helena, Montana

Two veterans, who survived in one of the deadliest commando units of World War Two, have died in their nineties with hours of each other.…

Captain Bobby Fachiri

Captain Bobby Fachiri, who has died aged 92, won an MC serving with T-Force, an elite Army formation, in the final weeks of the Second…

Falkland Islands Remembered

Today marks the 30th anniversary since the start of the Falklands War. Services to remember those who died will be held in the UK and…

Schnellboot S130 The last surviving predator of the seas!

War History Online was recently given access to Kevin Wheatcroft’s Schnellboot S130 restoration. The complete article can be accessed below by everybody and is a…

Denmarks left over WWII German Minefields

Denmark is affected by antipersonnel mines left from World War II. In 1944, the entire Skallingen Peninsula in Jutland on the Danish west coast was…

Time Traveller – Pfc Jamie “J-mac” Macpherson

I followed down the hill across a stream and onto a steep hill. We came under heavy sniper fire.

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair

Well it was the first show of the season and we were lucky that it was just a cold day and that the bad weather held off.